If you or a friend has experienced sexual or gender-based assault or misconduct:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you are injured or believe you may have been exposed to an STI\/STD or potential pregnancy, seek immediate medical attention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Call the Longbrake Student Wellness Center<\/a> at 330-263-2319 or the nearest hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On campus: <\/strong>Security and Protective Services 330-263-2590<\/p>\n\n\n\n Off campus: <\/strong>Dial 9-1-1<\/p>\n\n\n\n Physical evidence can deteriorate quickly. Seek a medical exam as soon as possible. Avoid washing, bathing, urinating, etc., if possible. If you are still wearing clothing worn during the assault, wear them to the hospital, but bring a change of clothes. The hospital will keep them as evidence. If you have changed clothes, bring the ones you were wearing during the assault in a clean paper (not plastic) bag or wrapped in a clean sheet. Leave sheets\/towels or other evidence at the scene of the assault. Police will collect them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Evidence collection should be completed within 120 hours of an assault, but fluids, hair samples, and DNA may be collected for a long time thereafter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After 120 hours, it may still be helpful to have medical attention even if you are not trying to obtain evidence of an assault. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE) are trained in the collection of forensic evidence and can check for injuries and exposure to sexually transmitted infections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You have options<\/a> :<\/p>\n\n\n\n You may pursue whatever combination of options is best for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you wish to have an incident investigated and resolved by Wooster, students and employees should contact the Title IX Coordinator<\/a> and procedures will be explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those who wish incidents to be handled criminally should contact the local police where the assault occurred. A campus official is available to accompany students in making such reports if desired. Contact the Title IX Coordinator<\/a> or Campus Safety<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you or a friend has experienced sexual or gender-based assault or misconduct: 1. Go to a safe location as soon as you are able. 2. Seek immediate medical attention If you are injured or believe you may have been exposed to an STI\/STD or potential pregnancy, seek immediate medical attention. Call the Longbrake Student Wellness […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-81","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/title-ix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/title-ix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/title-ix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/title-ix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/title-ix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/title-ix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/title-ix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions\/172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/title-ix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}3. Contact any of the following for immediate assistance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
4. Preserve physical evidence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
5. Choose how to proceed.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n